"I asked my friend who is familiar with both of my cats, and I insisted on paying for her help. Upon my return from vacation, I found my cats' water bowls completely dry and their litter boxes out of control so much so that they'd had to handle their business in other places in my home and my garbage was at capacity. If I had known my friend wasn't going to care for my cats, I could have just left them home alone."
"If you haven't paid your friend yet, don't. You made a business transaction with her, and she failed to hold up her end of the bargain to the detriment of your cats and your home. Tell your friend how shocked you were to come home and see the neglect and disarray that she left. If she wasn't going to do it, she should not have agreed in the first place."
"He's a bright kid and a fast learner, so she thought it might work if he were my apprentice. I specialize in bathroom restoration, mainly for large corporate offices; even an apprentice is paid quite well. Despite his success, I fear that his nontraditional decisions are influencing her. She took a gap year after high school, and now that she is in college, she continues to find reasons to want to leave."
A homeowner hired a trusted friend to house-sit and insisted on paying for the service. The homeowner returned to find the cats' water bowls dry, litter boxes neglected, and mess throughout the home. The recommendation is to withhold payment because the arrangement was a business transaction and the friend failed to fulfill responsibilities, and to tell the friend how shocked the homeowner was by the neglect. Separately, a parent describes a daughter's boyfriend who chose a trade over college and asks about hiring him as an apprentice while worrying that his choices may influence the daughter's decisions about education.
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